After treating Sanpang and the others to dinner, Brother Mao went to the Nanhu Clubhouse.
Hu Zhenghua brewed a pot of Tieguanyin tea for his master.
“Little Hu, it’s basically confirmed that Yang Jian has left Xinhe, and his whereabouts are unknown. I suspect it’s due to the death of his grandfather. He won’t be back anytime soon, so we can’t count on him to deal with Old Gui.”
Brother Mao analyzed the reason for Yang Jian’s departure based on the information provided by Sanpang.
Hu Zhenghua sighed, “Old Gui is sending people to sign the contract tomorrow. It seems we have no choice but to agree.”
“Damn it, Old Gui is too arrogant. With Yang Jian gone, no one can restrain him. Even Zhou Tao is giving way to him, ceding thirty percent of the yellow sand mining rights in Daxinhe. We can only accept our fate for now.”
Brother Mao appeared very helpless. When one’s strength is inferior, one must bow their head.
“Master, opening a ‘Hi Bar’ is definitely a dead end. We can only find ways to mitigate risks now. Do you have any ideas?”
“We can only specify in the contract that the operating rights of the music bar during the lease period belong entirely to Old Gui, and Nanhu Farm will not be responsible for anything that happens during this period.”
“That probably won’t work. He doesn’t intend to lease the entire music bar, but only a few rooms. His real intention is to sell drugs. ‘Hi Bars’ are still a new thing in Chengguan, and not many people will come to play at the beginning. I estimate he won’t sign a very formal lease agreement with me.”
“Then we’ll play it by ear. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll report him. I’ll give the police leaders a heads-up in advance. We can play fast and loose with gambling and yellow, but we absolutely cannot touch drugs. That’s a capital offense.”
“That’s all we can do now.”
Hu Zhenghua reluctantly accepted his master’s opinion and allowed Old Gui to set up a ‘Hi Bar’ at the farm.
Yu Feng’s invested Dong Sheng Commercial Concrete Company is located by the road in Songjia Village, which is where Yang Jian used to stand guard as a lookout.
The reason for choosing this location to set up the factory is that ten kilometers east of this road is the eastern mountainous area, where there are several quarries. It is convenient to get stone materials from there.
Less than two kilometers to the south is Daxinhe. Zhou Tao has a sand quarry nearby. Yu Feng has a good relationship with Zhou Tao, which can guarantee the supply of yellow sand for the commercial concrete company.
The commercial concrete company is not far from Chengguan, about five kilometers away, which meets environmental regulations.
Song Jianhao helped a lot in acquiring this piece of land.
However, although Song Jianhao was involved in the underworld, he belonged to the fringe elements and was not a true gangster. He rarely participated in violent activities, so he did not have much influence in the Songjia Village area.
Therefore, as soon as the infrastructure construction of the commercial concrete company began, local thugs surrounded the area, all demanding to participate in the project.
In this day and age, any project with investment and construction in rural areas is bound to be interfered with by local thugs.
National poverty alleviation projects such as rural water conservancy facilities, road construction, power installation, and land leveling are all contracted by dark forces without exception. Even if legitimate companies win the projects, they eventually have to subcontract them to local hoodlums.
If these local thugs and hoodlums still have some reservations about national projects, then foreign companies investing in factories are the fat meat they will never let go of.
From the construction of the surrounding wall, three forces came to halt the construction, all demanding to participate in this project.
Yu Feng was at her wit’s end and handed the matter over to Lu Feng and Liang Liang to handle.
Liang Liang was from Songjia Village and had been involved in petty crime since he was young. He was quite familiar with the local thugs, but he used to follow Song Jianhao. He didn’t have much of a reputation locally, essentially being a low-level hoodlum who lived off others and caused trouble. He had no authority whatsoever.
However, after Yang Jian crippled Liu Ming, everyone in the underworld knew that the two people who followed Yang Jian into Liu Ming’s house were Biaobiao and Liang Liang, because they were the two who were gambling with Yang Jian at the Nanhu Clubhouse.
From that moment on, Biaobiao and Liang Liang’s reputation rose along with Yang Jian’s. Not only were they not provoked in Chengguan, but they also had a strong deterrent force in the Songjia Village area. Biaobiao was from the neighboring Xiao Jiawa.
It’s just that the two of them rarely returned, and they didn’t know that they had such a market in their hometown.
After Liang Liang returned, he first found his good friend Tian Jun and invited him to dinner at a restaurant in Luogang Town.
Tian Jun was also a petty hoodlum. His boss, Hong Xing, had some influence in Luogang. Songjia Village was under the jurisdiction of Luogang Town.
To boost Liang Liang’s prestige, Yu Feng specially assigned him a brand new Santana.
“Holy crap, Liang Liang, you became famous after following Yang Jian. You’ve turned into a phoenix now, even driving a car.”
At the entrance of the restaurant, Tian Jun looked at Liang Liang getting out of the car, his face full of astonishment. He himself was still riding a second-hand scooter.
The three companions who came with him were also full of envy. They all knew Liang Liang’s combat effectiveness. If Yang Jian hadn’t brought him, he would never have dared to provoke Liu Ming.
“A car is a small matter. Sister Feng said that as long as I work hard with Brother Yang Jian, the company will give me a house in Xuefu Community in the second half of the year.”
Liang Liang knew that at this time, he had to bring up Yang Jian’s name to show that he was still his brother.
“Wow, did you guys really join Dong Sheng Company?”
“Of course. Yang Jian is the vice president of Dong Sheng Group, and I am now the deputy manager of the Security Department of Dong Sheng Group’s Nancheng Branch. This car was provided by the company.”
As they spoke, the group entered the restaurant’s private room.
“Brothers, order whatever you want to eat. There are no limits on the main dishes and good wine.”
Liang Liang was full of swagger. Anyway, the company would reimburse the expenses for today. He came here to show off and to thoroughly impress these people.
“Brother Liang is impressive. Then we won’t be polite.”
“No need to be polite. After dinner, we’ll go to Chengguan to find girls to sing. It’s all on me.”
Liang Liang knew that eating in this small town, the expenses for five people would not exceed five hundred yuan at most, which was not enough to win them over.
“Brother Liang, eating and drinking is a small matter. You’re working for a big boss now, so bring us along when there’s good news.”
Tian Jun was about the same age as Liang Liang. He used to call him Liang Liang, but now he directly called him Brother Liang.
“No problem. Sister Feng arranged for Brother Yang Jian to be in charge of the preparatory work for Dong Sheng Commercial Concrete Company. Brother Yang Jian has gone to other places to handle other company business. Now I am fully in charge here, and you guys must support me.”
“Damn, you’re fully in charge of the preparatory work for the commercial concrete company? Several groups of people are eyeing this project here. Can you handle it?”
“What can’t I handle? My Brother Jian said that we operate legally. Whoever dares to cause trouble will be dealt with severely. The company has plenty of money and is not afraid of trouble. If it really comes to that, when he returns, he will visit them one by one. Even Old Gui doesn’t dare to provoke my Brother Jian, so I don’t believe anyone in this small place like Luogang would dare to run into his gun.”